Mike Sullivan at #5 is a travesty. The dude's guided the Pens to zero first round wins since 2018 and has missed the playoffs the past two seasons.Of this list, who’s most likely to fail? Who’s going to be the biggest riser and take their team to the next level?
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Coaching is way too fickle
Two years ago Paul Maurice was a washed up dinosaur per everybody
I wonder how much impact coaching really has on the final results. Can you put a “bad” coach on the Panthers last season and still see them win the cup? If you put David Quinn as the head coach instead of Maurice does anything change? It does really get me wondering. Another example is Woodcroft. I am not convinced he forgot how to coach in 1 year. If he wasn’t fired, I am not sure he wouldn’t have achieved same thing as Knob.
Knoblaugh/Coffey dramatically improved the Oilers defensive metrics.
Just as one example, their PK went from like the worst in the league under Woodcroft (he had tried something like 30 different player combinations in like 10 games) to one of the best almost overnight (they quickly change to a set group of PKers where everyone knew their role).
If that isn't an effect of coaching, I don't know what is.
I honestly believe Keefe is a top 5 coach in the league and will make people look dumb after what he does in New Jersey
I honestly believe Keefe is a top 5 coach in the league and will make people look dumb after what he does in New Jersey
Keefe is a great regular season coach, he comes up with good systems but his fatal flaw is his lack of adaptability. In the post season when he plays the same team over and over they adapt where he will keep trying the same systems.Top 5 seems too high, but I get what you're saying. I, too, think he will redeem himself in New Jersey.